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A. G. BOOZER, In. & G. HILL.

DOFFING MACHINE FOR SPINNING FRAMES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-16,1909.

Patented June 8,1915.

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ABTHU B GEO. BOOZER, JR, AND GEORGE BILL, OF TUGAIAU, SOUTH CAROLINA, ASSIGN- ons T0 nowaan n. comer, LUTHEB'L. MILLER, AND nanny A. snvnnsoiw,

COPARTNEBS DOING BUSINESS AT ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, AS BARBER-COW COMPANY.

Be it known that we, Gnome Booznn, Jr., and GEORGE Hm, citizens of the United States, residing at Tucapau, in

the county of Spartanburg and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dofiin -Machines for Spinnin -Frames, of whic the.

following is a speci cation. v This invention. has for its object to provide an automatic dofiing machine for spinning frames, in which the several instrumentalities which make up the dofiing mechanism 'coiiperate to effectually remove a filled bobbin from a spindle and simultaneouslyplace an empty bobbin upon an adjacent empty spindle, without injury to the thread or yarnon the filled bobbin, or injury to the spindles when removing therefrom a filled bobbin and whenflpllacing an empty bobbin thereon,.such do g mechanism being removably attached to the spinning frame, the doffing frame having a motor foractuating a master shaft which intermittently drives a spacing gear that meshes with a rack on the spinning frame so that an intermittent travel of the dofi'er frame will be effected, during which the dofi'er instrumentalities will be so positioned as to pass the-spindles, and during the periodic stoppages the dolfing will be effected.

A dofiing machine made in accord with this invention is designed to supersede doifing by'hand, which is usually done by child ren, -and in dofling by hand, before the spinnm machine or frame is stopped the dolferands place in the alley or space between two spinning frames a truck that carries a receptacle which is divided; one part being for empty bobbins and the other part for full .bobbms, which are placed therein as'they are taken from the spindles. The T spinning frame being stopped, the

ring-rail is dropped to its lowest pos1- tion, the thread-board and the separators are both h Th pushed-back to be outof t e way. e

dofler-hand removes a full bobbinfrom a spindle and then places an empty bobbin on the spindle from which the full bobbin has. been removed. In takin off a full bobbin the slack end of the threa unwinds a little from the bobbin and. winds around the spindle, the thread then being norrme-nacm r03 en gma-rams."

Patented June 8,1915.-

broken between the spindle and the filled bobbin, and in placin an empty bobbin on the spindle the threa will be- 'pped between the bobbin and the spincfi: As the doifing proceeds the full bobbins are placed in the receptacle, and after all the full bobbins on a spinning frame have been removed and empty ones put in their places the builder motion is set, the thread-boards are lowered to working position, the separators are positioned between the spindles,

which have thereon the empty bobbins, and

the spinning machine is started.

"In case threads of different numbers arebeing wound on different spinnin frames in the same spinning room, the do er-hands mark the bobbins before removing them from .the spindles so that those of one number of thread may be readily distinguished from those of a different number. Automatic doffing mechanism made to accord with the invention is applicable to spinning frames without changing the operative parts thereof, fixed guide and supporting rails for the dofling mechanism being attached to the spinning frame.

The dolfing attachment is provided with a chalk holder or like means for marking the thread or yarn before the filled bobbins are from; a deflector p ate is carried by the doifer frame and is positioned thereon so that the filled'bobbins may strike ainst it to fall either upon a chute or'direct y into/a supported by the dofier frame.-

upon completion of itsforward movement 7 it will release the bobbin, which dro' sa bag carried bythe dofier frame. nopba %he means for removin the filled bobbins erative relation with the bobbin removing means there is'a thread cutter that severs the thread or yarn, between the upper end of the spindle and below the bobbin, to leave the threadwrapped about the spindle as in hand dofiing. In case of failure of the dofl'er head to remove a bobbin from its spindlesuch bobbin will arrest the movement of the support for the thread cutter, and, by means ofsuitable mechanism the drive shaft will be an immediate stoppage of the dofling mechanism. a

I The means for placing an empty bobbin upon the spindle from which a filled bobbin has previously been removed, includes a source of. supply for empty bobbins, the bobbins passing therefrom into 'a' vertically maintained guide tube carried by the doifer frame,'andwhen the guide tube is in line with an empty spindle a bobbin is released and drops overthe spindle upon which itis which the parts which engage the bobbins,

85 when on the spindles, have movements in orputting' the spindles out of alinementv is avoided.

In this description, where spinning frame is used itis intended to include, rin'g spinning machines, ring twisting machines and mule spinning machines, in fact all types of spinning machines in which bobbins are placed upon spindles, as well as silk spinning machines. Where the spindles are 45.not maintained-vertically the dofier, frame is mounted on the spinning machine so that the dofiing means will move in line with the longitudinal axis of the spindles.

The accompanying drawings illustrate onetype of dofiing or bobbin removing and bobplacing mechanism, such type being apphcable to ring spinning machines, and in these drawings the parts are shown in an mtermediate position. F-1gure1, is an end elevation showing the dofling' me chanismj' applied. to a spinning frame, mdlcated bydotted lines, and in this v ew only the lower portion of the bobbin magazmeis shown. Fi 2, is a-rear elevat on of the upper portion of the machine, and Fig. 2,,i s a rear elevation of its lower portion. Fig. 13, is; a front elevation. of the upper partof the machine, and Fig. 3", is a similar. view of the lower portion, the sup- 08 ort and guide rails which are attached to placed out of gear with the motor, effecting line with their longitudinal axes, deflectionthe shown. Fig. 4, is anend elevation of the upper part of the machine viewed from the opposite end from Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a similar viewof the lower portion.- Fig. 5, is a horizontal section on the broken line ab on Fig. 3. Fig. 6, is a horizontal section taken immediately dofl'er head showing its aws open. Fig.12,-

is a top plan view .of the dofler head with its jaws closed. Fig. 13, is an end elevation showing the bobbin supplying and bobbin below the top of the table looking down-:

placing mechanism, the magazine being partly in section. Fig. 14, is a section on the line e -f of, Fig. 13. Fig. 15, is a detail perspective View. Fig. 16, is a. front elevation showing the. thread cutter and stop mechanism which is actuated therefrom? Fig. 17, is a plan view of the thread butter and its support. ,Fig. ,18, is a rear elevation of a portion of. the mechanism of the thread cutter. Fig. '19, is a rearelevation of the spacing gear and its operating 'means. Fig. 20, is a side elevation of'the spacing wheel and its actuating mechanism on the master shaft. Fig. 21, is a diagrammatical view of part of the motion transmitting mechanism. Fig. 22,is a plan view of the master shaft and the .gears carried thereby. Fig.

23, is a face view of one of the gears on the master shaft; Fi'g. 24, is a vertical section of a .modified form of. the bobbin carrier magazine. Fig. 25, is zplan view of a part of the bobbin carrier magazine, shown by Fig. 24c.v Fig. 26, is a plan view of a portion of the bobbin carrier maganize, shown in Figs. 2,3 and 4 Figs. 27, and 28 and 29 are views of different forms of chalk holders or bobbin markers from that shown by Fig. 3. Fig. 30, is a-detail perspective view of a lever and connections, said lever actuating the means'for opening the jaws of the horizontally movablebobbin carrier, and Fig. 31, is a vertical section showing the connection between the support for the bobbin carrying magazine and its drive shaft.

The spinning machine or frame 32, shown by dotted lines, Fig. 1, of the drawings is of, usual construction, each front having spindles 33, thread guides 34, separators 35, and a ring rail 36, such parts bein shown in position for doiiing. Brackets a rail 38, and supports for an angle bar 39, are attached to the fronts of the spinning frame.

The upper rail-38, is made up to provide a track for the Iupper pair. of wheels of.

3?, maintain the dofier frame, the under side of thisrail i, being notched or provided with recesses which are spaced to accord with the teeth on the spacing wheel the distance between the spindles.

The upper rail 38, adjacent to one end has secured thereto an upwardly projecting stop piece 40, Fig. 3%) against which one of the supporting wheels of the dofier frame may engage to serve as a guide in positioning the dofier frame upon the rails on the spinning frame prior to dofling.

' The lower guide rail or way 39, is maintained so that a part depends from its support, the lower edge of the rail being engaged by the lower wheels of the dofi'er frame, and said lower rail 39, has near one end a horizontally projecting stop or pin 41, with which a trip-lever on the dofl'er frame may engage to stop the dofier frame or carriage at the end of its travel along the s'pinning frame, after the filled bobbins have been removed and empty bobbins placed upon the spindles, by disconnecting the drive shaft of the dofier frame from its motor.

The rails '38, and 39, and the supports therefor are the only fixtures which are attached to the spinning frame, and they are located so that they will not interfere with the moving parts thereof nor encroach materially upon the aisle space between the spinning frames.

The frame 42, that carries the dofling mechanism has brackets 43, and 44, each constructed to carry journals with eccentrically positioned stub shafts upon which are mounted the wheels that engage the rail 38. The front ends of the journals beyond the brackets have rigidly'attached thereto crank-arms which are connected by a bar 45, and one of the crank-arms is formed on a part having a projecting member that carries a spring catch 46, for engagement with recesses in the front face of the bracket 44, that projects beyond the dofier frame, the

' catch holding the journals having the eccentric stub shafts-upon which the wheels are mounted to-hold the upper wheels either elevated or depressed when so positioned by moving the handle 47, carried by the part having the crank-arm and the spring catch.

Brackets 48, are attached to the lower portion of the frame 42, to carry stub-axles upon which are mounted wheels to engage the underside'of the depending portion of the rail 39.

The supporting wheels of the doifer frame have circumferential grooves 49, and the front flanges are of greater diameter than the rear flanges, to facilitate the placing and removing of the dofier frame from the rails. By raising the handle 47, the doifer frame will belowered sufiioiently to place the teeth of the spacing wheel 50, below the rail 38, the rear flanges of the lower wheels then dropping below the plane of the lower edge of the rail 39; when the wheels are thus positioned the doifer frame may-be removed from the spinning frame, by swinging the lower portion of the doifer frame outward and then lifting it free from the rails, this being done after dofling one side of a spinning frame, after which it is the practice to place the doifer frame on another spinning frame.

The means for lowering the spacing wheel 50, out of mesh with the rack, admits of the doffer frame being moved along the spinning fra'meby hand without operating the dofiing mechanism, as well as providing a construction in which the dofiing mechanism can be operated by hand and can, be set to M place thedoifer head and bobbin placer in vertical alinement with the spindles.

The dofier frame and the bobbin removing and bobbin placing means are driven by a'motor 51, which is secured upon the bottom of the doffer frame between its side pieces; the motor, preferably electric, is mounted so that its shaft will be in line with the direction of travel of the doifer frame,

for by locating the motor low downand its shaft in line with the direction of travel, the dofler frame will be better balanced than if otherwise placed, vibrations are greatlyreduced and the feed wires that supply the current to the electric motor are out of the. way. The drive shaft of the motor 51, car-- ries a spiral gear 52, which is held in engagement with a spiral gear 53, on a vertically maintained clutch section 54, that is supported by brackets 55', which project in line with the clutch section 54, such.

bracket forming the upper support for a vertical drive shaft upon which the slidin section of the clutch may move. s

A shaft 57 is provided with arms 105 from which depend links 107 that engage a ring carried by the sliding section 59 of the clutch, and near thei'nner end of the shaft there is an arm 104 that projects in the same direction as the arms105, and to this arm 104 is "aecured a rod 106 for rocking the shaft 57,

to disengage the sliding section of the clutch from its driven section providing an automatic stop in case the dofling mechanism fails to remo'vea bobbin from the spindle. The shaft 57, may also be rocked by engagement of an arm on its inner end with the trip 41, on the lower rail 39.

Brackets 61, maintain the shaft of the spacing wheel 50, and provide bearings for The doffer frame carries inwardly extending dash-pots 69 and 70;;the upper dashpot 69, serving as .a guide for the dofi'er rod 140, which has at its lower end a piston that enters the dash-pots. whirls of the spindles of the spinning frame are lugsor supports 71, in which is pivoted a Whirl engaging arm 72, said arm being moved rearward by a spring and having astop for engagement with the doifer frame to limit the movement of the arm, and above the lugs 71, is a bracket 7 3, that carries a bell-crank 74.

The side bars of the dofl'er frame are attached to the under side of the table 75, the same having on itsunder side a depending guide 76, for one end of a horizontally reciprocating bar, the underside of the table also having vertical bearings for'shafts and a slide that is reciprooated by the bell crank 74. Adjacent to its ends the table, is provided with guideways or supports for rods 77, which may be pushed inward or projected, and when projected'serve to carry a bag 78, into which, the full bobbins fall after being dofi'ed. The upper side of the table adjacent to one end maintains an upwardly extending bracket 79, which carries a lever 80, and forward of the center -,of the table is a support 81, for a hollow standard 82. Parallel guide rails 83, for a thread cutter 84, an inclined chute-85, a post 86, bearings 87, for a rock-shaft, which carries at one end an arm 88 and at its other end la bar or lever; and a guide 89, for the tube that is attached .to the bell-crank 74, are also attached to the top ofthe table. The table has a slot or opening 90, for the passage" therethrough of the upper end of a lever 91, which reciprocates the thread cutter.

In order that the doffer frame may pass the pin or stop 41, so that the arm which depends from the. rock-shaft 57, may be tripped, the rear vertical members of the dolfer frame are recessed in line with the pin, for in use. the doifer frame travels beyond the stop to complete the doffing.

"*The hollow standard 82, into which the central depending tube of the magazine is passed supports horizontal guides 92,of the bobbin carrier, such guides being attached to vertical bars 93, and to a post 86, which extendsupward'from the table to The worm or spiral gear on the shaft of In line with the the motor 51, mesheswith a gear 53,-driving the clutch section 54, andupon the vertically maintained'shaft 66, is mounted the slidableseetion 59, of the clutch, the shaft 1 having a spline to hold the vertically movable section of the clutch in non-rotatable engagement with the shaft. Whenthe shaft 66, is in rotatable engagement with themo tor the gear 96 engages the toothed periphery of the gear '97, to turn the master shaft 64, which shaft has 'fast thereon a disk 94 (see Figs. 16 and 19,) having a roller 98,

and a segment 99, and as the shaft is turned 7 the roller enters radial slots in the star wheel 100, and imparts to the spacing wheel an intermittent rotary movement, and between each rotation of the segment its convex portion 101, positioned between the against rotation, providing a positive lock which willv hold the dofi'er frame againstv radial slots to hold the spacing wheel50,

that is carried by the shaft 57. Said shaft 57, has arms 104 and 105, the arm 104, be ing connected to the bell-crank 67 by a rod clutch. The arm 102, which is attached to one end of a transverse shaft 57 maintained by bearings 58, has below the knob that is attached to its upper end, spring catches to frictionally engage a plate 103 that projects the clutch section 59 in either its raised or lowered position.

To provide a convenlent means for setting the spacing wheel, and the doffing mechanis'm, the shaft 66, is provided at its upper end with a hand wheel 108, by which the shaft may be turned. The shaft 109, to which the spacing wheel 50, is attached, as well as the star wheel 100, has secured to 1ts end 0 posite the star wheel a beveled gear 110, t e same meshing with a similar gear 111, on the'vertical shaft 62, bearlngs for said shaft being provided .by the bracket 61, and the cross piece 68. The intermittently driven shaft 62, carries at its upper'end a pinion 112, that meshes w th the gear 118, on" the vertical shaft 63, and'through the shaft an intermittent rotary movement is imparted to the bobbin magazine.

The shaft 63, see Fig. 3, and Fig. 31, has -upon'its upper end a. conical clutch seetion 114, with inclined flanges 115, said flanges being engaged by the sides of the recesses formed in the lower end of the tubular shaft 95 106, and the members or arms 105, engage I through the links 107, the encircling member attached to the sliding section 59, of'the na, attached to the bobbin carr in magazine. Above the cross )iece 68, t e s mail; 63, has thereon a friction t islt 117, about which is passed a hand. one end thereof being se- 0 cured to a lug that projects upward from the cross piece. and to the other end of the band is secured adjusting means, see Fig. (i. which may consist of a bolt. spring and nut.

The spacing gear and the bobbin ma aziue turn in unison. one bobbin chamber eing brought above the feed tube and a spindle. as the spacing wheel has moved the dolier frame a space equal to the distance between the spindles.

To the front face of the gear 97, is attached the upper end of a bar 118, the lower end being connected to an arm 119. which projects inward from a rock-shaft (l5, having other arms, as will be hereinafter set forth. The arm when moved by the bar 118, act-uates the arm 121. and the arm on the other side of the rock-shaft to which the rod 120 is secured. said rod extending upward for engagement with one end of the lever 80. which is mounted on the support 7 9, such lever having a segmental face with a slot into which passes a stud on an arm 88, such arm operating through its shaft a lever or bar that reciprocates the horizontal bobbin carrier that will be hereinafter set forth.

The arm 121 of the rock-shaft 65, extends in the same direction as the arm 119, and to its outer end are secured bars or links 122, the upper ends carrying a roller or pin 123, which passes through a slot 124 in the guide plate 60, and through a straight slot 125 in an arm or bar 126, which is fulcrumed to the guide plate 60. The slot 124 of this guide plate is curved at its central portion and the end portions are straight, said end portions extending radially away from the pivotal center of the arm 126. he purpose of this construction, as will be more fully described hereinafter. is to regulate the move meat of the dotl'er head which is raised and lowered by the arm 126, such arm being connected by the bar 127, to a cross head 12%, which carries at one end a rod 144, attached at its upper end to a slide 145, which is maintained between the guides 93, the slide being rcciprocated in unison with the doiier head.

The outer face of the gear 97, is formed with a forwardly projecting portion 129, such part reinforcing the gear as it is cut away to form a cam groove 130, in its inner face, (see Fig. 23,) in which travels a roller or stud maintained by the adjacent ends of the link 131, and the bar 132. The end of the bar 132 farthest from the stud is attached to the depending end 133 of a lever that is carried by the cross bar 68, the upper portion 13-1, of the leverhaving a pin or stud which engages an arm of the bell-crank 74, the other arm of said bell-crank being connected to a vertically movable tube 136, that passes through the hollow guide 89.

A rod 137, passes through the tube 136 and engages at its u )per end the forward extending arm of a bell-crank 135, which is ulcrumed upon the doffer head, the depend ing member of said bell-crank being slotted to engage a pin on a slide 138, which when moved forward or projected. will open the jaws of the dofier head. The evening of the jaws of the doilcr head takes p ace when the doiler head has reached the upward limit of its vertical movement, when a nut or stop 139, on the rod 137, engages the lower end of the tube 136, which has been depressed or lowered. thus pulling upon the rod 137, to lower the forward projecting arm of the bell-crank on the doil'er head, which moves the slide 138. o ens the jaws and releases a bobbin. which ias been previously grasped by the horizontally movable bobbin carrier. The bell-crank 135, is moved in an opposite direction to permit the jaws of the doiicr head to close upon a bobbin when the doiier head is lowered for when the doi'fer head reaches the limit of its downward movement the tube is raised to its highest position and engages either the 11 per end of the rod 137 or the arm of the be l-crank, which is lifted thereby to retract the slide 138. The lower end of the rod 137 may be passed through a suitable guide upon the cross head 128, and if desired a stop or nut may be carried by the rod to be engaged by the u per end of the tube. The doiier bar 140 is old against rotation by the cross head 128, the same having an apertured or recessed lug which engages a vertical bar or rod 143 attached at lts lower end to the upper dash pot 69, and at its upper end to a bearing carried by the underside of the table top. Sudden stoppage or shock at the ends of the movements of the dotler head is avoided by providing the carrying bar 140 at its lower end with a piston head 141 that enters the dash pots to M cushion the movement prior to com )leto stoppage of the dofior head, for the rapidity of the rcciprocations and the character of the article carried by the dolfer head renders the use of dash pots or other means acting just prior to complete stoppage of the dofi'er head necessary to avoid disarranging the thread or yarn on the bobbin, which would be liable to occur if a cushion at the end of the stroke was not provided.

The cross head has attached to its end a rod 144 which extends upward through the table top and engages a vertically reciprocating slide 145, (Fig. 4) which is maintained between the vertical guide bars 93, (see Fig. 2) said bars being attached at their lower ends to the table top and at their upper ends to a lateral extending portion on a frame which maintains a horizontally reciprocating bobbin carrier or auxiliary dofier.

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The iides 93 are located in the rear of the hol ow standard 82, and loops or stress extend from the guides and carry the gui e tube 151 for the bobbins. The frame for the bobbin carrier or auxiliary dofier head comprises horizontal guides 92, which are connected at one end and at an intermediate point by bridge pieces 146 and 147, each raving extensions that carry a plate 142 which is attached to the upper end of the hollow standard 82, and upon this part or plate the bobbin magazine may rest when its tube 116 is passed through an opening therefor in said plate. The bridge pieces hereinbefore mentioned extend u ward above the plane of the lower outer e go of the magazine, and the sup ort 142 attached to the standard carries a epending bearin for the upper end of a rock shaft 148 whic extends t roufh the table and is provided below the tab e with a crank arm 149, the upwardly projecting in thereon entering a transverse slot in a s i e bar, one end thereof being maintained by the guide 76, its other being attached to a connection which is attached to the slide bar and to the upper end 134 of a lever, the same lever actuating the bell-crank 74 which moves the tube 186 which controls the opening and closing of the awe of the dofi'er'head.

The post 86 at its upper end is attached to an arm or late that extends from one of the iides 2, said post materially bracing the rame of the horizontal bobbin carrier and also providing a support for a bar guard wire 226 used to keep t e thread between the thread board and the traveler in the rear of the dofier head, and the post also provides a convenient means for carrying the marker or chalk holder.

The guide tube 151 (Fig. 4) is supported in a vertical position, being maintained in line with the bobbin chambers of the magazine, and with the spindles of the spinning frame by means of loops or straps 52 and 153, which are attached to the guide tube and to the uprights 93, and the straps 152 opposite one of the uprights has a stud or hearing for a lever 154, (Fig. 1) and the opposite side of said strap carries brackets or bearings for a rod that is moved in one direction by a plate which is pivoted to one of the uprights.

The lever 154 has a laterally extending and for movin the jaws of the auxiliary doifer head, an said lever is connected by a rod 155 (Fig. 1) to a rock-bar 156 that is fulcrumed upon a support 157 carried by the standard 82, the end portion of the rock-bar extendin in the path of a stud or pin 159 that pro ects from one side of the lever 80, the parts being organized so that when the rod 120, attached to the lever 80 is lowered, the pin 159 will engage the under side of the reek-bar to depress its opposite end and lower one end of the lever 154, raising its? other end so that the laterally projecting part will engage a roller on an arm carried by the reciprocating auxiliary doi'l'cr 166. The auxiliary dofl'er or bobbin carrier 160 is maintained in sliding engagement with the guides 99., and is reciprocated by a vertical bar or lever 161 carried by one end of a rocl-I- shaft 162 which is mounted in bearings 87 on the table 7 5.

The arm 88 on the rock-shaft 162 has a pin which carries a roller that enters a slot formed through the segmental face of the lever 80, (Figs. 4 and 5) an intermediate portion of the slot being inclined to oscillate the bar 161, the vertical terminal portions of the slot allowing movement of the lever 80 without imparting movement to the bar 161. and when the roller is in the vertical end portions of the slot the bar 161 will be held against movement, such construction being for the purpose of holding the auxiliary doii'er against reciprocation when the end of the lever 154 is moved to actuate a slide which when raised allows the bobbin grasp inn jaws of the auxiliary doiler to close upon a bobbin carried by the dofler head.

The auxiliary dofier head or bobbin carrier 160 (see Figs. 7 to 9) comprises a sliding frame which is maintained by the guide rails 92, said frame having a tubular part 163 that is flared at its lower end. and into this tube the tip or upper end of the bobbin will be placed by the doiier head. The horizontal portion of the frame to one side of the tube 163 has depending bifurcated lugs 160 which are vertically slotted to receive 11 pin at the upper end of the bar 161. The slide is also provided with bearings 16L between which a rocker frame 165 is maintained by a crank arm 166, the and beyond the supporting frame having a roller. The rocker frame 165 has on its end which is opposite the part through which the crank arm passes a projection for engagement with a vertically reciprocating slide 167 which is tapered at its lower end, the same being carried by a suitable guide attached to a vertical plate 168, that depends from the horiigxgtal plate which carries the tubular part The plate 168 has secured thereto bobbin carrying aws 169, the parts that engage with the bobbin being bent at right angles to extend below the tubular portion of the slide, and the jaws are drawn toward each other by an incased s ring mounted upon a rod carried by studs 1 0, which pass through slots in the plate 168. The jaws may be provided with antifriction rollers which impings against the slide 167. A depression of the roller on the end of the crank arm 166 clients a depression of the slide 167, to sn a rate the bobbin en gins members, and when the roller is raise the slide will be retracted 65 thearms will be held separated bin carried thereby, and to prevent the bobbin being thrown forward by its momentum a deflector plate 172'is attached to the slide carrying frame, to direct the bobbins either 5 onto the chute 85 or into'the bag 78. The a frame 146 is arched so that there will be no liability of the upper ends of the bobbins engaging therewith in case such ends should project beyond the upper surface of the;

slide.

The doifer head 173 comprises a base plate or supporting frame 174 whichis attached to the dofi'er bar 140, the .base being con structed to provide at one. end an opening.

ofsuch size that a filled bobbin may pass therethrough. The part about the opening serves as a rest for the lower jaws of the bobbin grasping member and this part by pressing the thread on a bobbin to one side 3 will prevent the same becoming entangledwith the jaws, when the dofler hea'd is lowered over a filled bobbin. The endof the base platehas lateral extensions through which pass bolts which carry the end por-' tions of the arms. 175 upon which, are formed the bobbin engaging fingers 176. The upper end of the dofi'er rod 140 has attached thereto a plate 177 having bearings for the bell crank 135 and lateral extensions 40 through which pass the bolts 178. The arms 175 each at an intermediate point carry rollers 179 and between the rollers and the apertures through which pass the bolts-178,. the arms have apertured lugs through which pass rods 180, the projecting ends of the rods having mounted thereon springs which areincased by suitable housings, adjusting I nuts bein tension 0 the springs may be varied. The

5 grasping members 176 of the arms are shaped to provide fingers positioned so that.

1 those on one arm will overlie those on the" opposite arm, and each. bobbin engaging member has formed thereon. a part,l81 which may have a stud or projection-182 such parts being shaped to engage an empty bobbin, when the jaws arepositioned as shownby Fig. 12' of the drawings. The slide 138 carries a number of projecting wedge shaped ends 183' which press the rollers apart to spread the arms and position the fingers in line with the inner wall of wmrthenopening through the plate, and when the slide is pfijected as shown byl Fig. 11 t e rollers members will be the jaws are 0 en willbe in line withthe -magazine, isflared or extended outward at carried by the rods so that the tube 151 and has a slot through its end porthen en aging the straight sides of the-slide. It will e noted that the inner faces of the grasping members of the dofier head are recessed or concave, togive a bettergrasp u on the thread or yarnupon a bobbin. A p urality of independently acting grasping members will prevent the dofier head slipping upon the yarn or thread and means are provided whereby the ressure of the as ing distributed to e ectively 76 grasp a filled bobbin without injury to the thread thereon, and by means of the construction shown, it is immaterial whether the bobbins are wound regularly or irregularly, or are only partially filled, as each 80 paif of grasping members acts independ-' ent y..- r

The inner faces of the overlapping fin ers are shaped so that the end portions, w en inner wall of t e opening through the base plate, and beyond such segmental portion the bobbin engaging portions converge, as

use t e two upper aspin gers may have their sprin ad u ste to exert a pressure upon the t read on the bobbin which will be less than the pressure exerted by the lower fingers, which will prevent the yarn bein displaced by the pull of the jaws upon the ed bobbin. It will also be noted that each pair of grasping members are on. different horizontal planes, and though each pair of grasping fingers arfie independent in grasping a bobbin, they are all opened simultaneouslyto release a bobbin. The vertically maintained guide tube 151, into which the empty bobbins drop from the its upper end, and the support or strap 152, which maintains the upper end-of the guide tube and is attachedto the vertical bars 93, has fastened thereto brackets 1.8a which maintain in sliding engagement therewith a slide bar 185, (see Figs. 13 and 14) provided with a collar against one end of which a spring 186 will abut, the other end contacting with one of the brackets. The slide bar 185 is curved to extend about the guide tion which overlies a slotted end portion of an arm 187, (Fig. 2) carried by the upper end of a rock bar 188, which is maintained a vertical position parallel with the guide tube by bearings 189 attached to the supports or straps 152 and 153; The lower portion of the rock bar extends in the same I general direction as'the arm 187, and its end is bent inward'so that it may pass throu h an, opening 190 in the rear wall between t e strap 153 and the lower end ofthe guide tube. The adjacent ends of the arm 187 and the slide bar 185 are connected by a suitable shackley191, (lfiuiigs; 2 and 4.) carried by a lever 192 that is crumed upon a fix- 

